Monday, January 21, 2008

Class meme: privilege ahoy!

1. Father went to college2. Father finished college (and M.A.)3. Mother went to college4. Mother finished college (and M.A.)5. Have any relative who is an attorney, physician, or professor.6. Were the same or higher class than your high school teachers.7. Had more than 50 books in your childhood home.8. Had more than 500 books in your childhood home. (not sure on this one--we may have been close)9. Were read children's books by a parent10. Had lessons of any kind before you turned 1811. Had more than two kinds of lessons before you turned 1812. The people in the media who dress and talk like me are portrayed13. Had a credit card with your name on it before you turned 1814. Your parents (or a trust) paid for the majority of your college costs (with loans)15. Your parents (or a trust) paid for all of your college costs16. Went to a private high school17. Went to summer camp (only day camp)18. Had a private tutor before you turned 1819. Family vacations involved staying at hotels (only motels and camping, with an occasional exception)20. Your clothing was all bought new before you turned 1821. Your parents bought you a car that was not a hand-me-down from them ($500, from my grandmother)22. There was original art in your house when you were a child (print series--does that count?)23. You and your family lived in a single-family house 24. Your parent(s) owned their own house or apartment before you left home (by which I mean, they paid their mortgage. They owned it outright shortly after I graduated from college, thanks to money they inherited from one of my grandparents.)25. You had your own room as a child27. Participated in a SAT/ACT prep course28. Had your own TV in your room in high school (We had one TV, on principle.)29. Owned a mutual fund or IRA in high school or college30. Flew anywhere on a commercial airline before you turned 16 (I went to the 1976 Olympics at age 1, and flew to Hawaii at age 13)31. Went on a cruise with your family32. Went on more than one cruise with your family33. Your parents took you to museums and art galleries as you grew up34. You were unaware of how much heating bills were for your family

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Mom, Ph.D., clutterer, setting off on the tenure track in public history. My own interests trend toward museum studies, American studies, historic architecture and preservation, material culture, and women in science. I live with a gregarious and funny 5-year-old boy and a Cliffordesque puppy, and I'm married to the best husband and father in the whole world. I really don't deserve that distinction, but I selfishly keep him all to myself.